Occupational employment / Teacher assistants

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Teacher assistants" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 23,200 Not available $27,690
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 104,370 Not available $26,330
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 60,450 Not available $30,180
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 59,500 Not available $26,620
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 48,600 Not available $29,780
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 29,580 Not available $22,620
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 25,410 Not available $23,770
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 25,200 Not available $26,040
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 23,080 Not available $26,660
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 22,950 Not available $19,910
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 22,150 Not available $23,050
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 20,070 Not available $19,620
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 19,280 Not available $31,250
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 18,910 Not available $27,030
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 18,770 Not available $28,090
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 16,690 Not available $23,700
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 15,700 Not available $18,290
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 15,540 Not available $26,060
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 14,070 Not available $20,570
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 14,030 Not available $25,420
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 13,470 Not available $28,320
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 13,420 Not available $27,410
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 13,030 Not available $29,790
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 12,840 Not available $23,250
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 11,850 Not available $31,830
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 11,660 Not available $24,520
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 11,600 Not available $30,690
Baltimore-Towson, MD 11,320 Not available $23,910
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 11,150 Not available $21,480
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 10,840 Not available $27,860
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 10,140 Not available $26,000
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 9,710 Not available $30,160
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 9,430 Not available $27,600
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 9,180 Not available $27,900
St. Louis, MO-IL 8,860 Not available $23,130
Kansas City, MO-KS 8,450 Not available $20,820
Rochester, NY 8,120 Not available $21,990
San Antonio, TX 8,020 Not available $18,760
Denver-Aurora, CO 8,000 Not available $26,330
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 7,680 Not available $32,090
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 7,600 Not available $20,900
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 7,240 Not available $26,120
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 7,060 Not available $25,040
Pittsburgh, PA 7,060 Not available $21,100
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 6,790 Not available $24,680
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 6,770 Not available $22,740
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 6,690 Not available $29,190
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 6,630 Not available $19,810
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 6,610 Not available $26,140
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 6,560 Not available $20,740
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 6,450 Not available $23,150
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 6,370 Not available $25,250
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 6,300 Not available $22,550
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 6,200 Not available $31,590
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 6,200 Not available $26,770
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 6,000 Not available $17,400
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 5,830 Not available $22,710
Columbus, OH 5,470 Not available $28,150
Syracuse, NY 5,440 Not available $21,880
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 5,420 Not available $28,910
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 5,320 Not available $27,220
New Haven, CT 5,010 Not available $29,110
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 5,000 Not available $24,430
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 4,980 Not available $22,070
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 4,780 Not available $20,230
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 4,730 Not available $20,160
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 4,690 Not available $26,770
Austin-Round Rock, TX 4,680 Not available $22,080
Richmond, VA 4,440 Not available $21,320
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 4,430 Not available $25,970
Bakersfield, CA 4,360 Not available $25,080
Raleigh-Cary, NC 4,330 Not available $19,280
Springfield, MA-CT 4,290 Not available $23,170
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 4,250 Not available $21,600
Albuquerque, NM 4,210 Not available $16,830
Honolulu, HI 4,170 Not available $24,320
Salt Lake City, UT 4,170 Not available $21,630
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 4,160 Not available $22,660
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 4,060 Not available $17,850
Fresno, CA 3,930 Not available $26,930
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 3,920 Not available $15,230
Tucson, AZ 3,850 Not available $22,970
Wichita, KS 3,690 Not available $23,550
Oklahoma City, OK 3,600 Not available $19,560
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 3,330 Not available $16,810
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 3,320 Not available $28,700
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 3,300 Not available $21,840
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 3,270 Not available $19,650
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 3,230 Not available $18,540
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 3,220 Not available $23,820
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 3,210 Not available $27,970
Tulsa, OK 3,210 Not available $20,410
Worcester, MA-CT 3,080 Not available $25,350
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 3,030 Not available $28,970
Jacksonville, FL 3,030 Not available $22,100
Visalia-Porterville, CA 2,950 Not available $26,340
Knoxville, TN 2,940 Not available $16,790
Greensboro-High Point, NC 2,790 Not available $19,650
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 2,780 Not available $20,650
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 2,700 Not available $23,490
Baton Rouge, LA 2,640 Not available $17,170
Columbia, SC 2,570 Not available $18,070
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 2,540 Not available $27,200
Salem, OR 2,440 Not available $27,410
Stockton, CA 2,430 Not available $28,490
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 2,360 Not available $25,850
Madison, WI 2,350 Not available $26,110
Modesto, CA 2,350 Not available $29,360
Dayton, OH 2,340 Not available $27,390
Colorado Springs, CO 2,330 Not available $21,370
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 2,320 Not available $19,240
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 2,310 Not available $21,020
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 2,300 Not available $29,100
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 2,270 Not available $26,090
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 2,250 Not available $26,300
El Paso, TX 2,250 Not available $22,100
Provo-Orem, UT 2,230 Not available $20,640
Jackson, MS 2,200 Not available $16,330
Winston-Salem, NC 2,180 Not available $19,950
Utica-Rome, NY 2,120 Not available $21,460
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 2,120 Not available $27,630
Durham, NC 2,120 Not available $21,410
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 2,090 Not available $21,070
Ann Arbor, MI 2,050 Not available $25,020
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 2,030 Not available $22,420
Savannah, GA 2,000 Not available $19,330
Lancaster, PA 1,950 Not available $21,150
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,950 Not available $18,710
Reading, PA 1,950 Not available $21,050
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,920 Not available $19,700
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 1,920 Not available $19,120
Akron, OH 1,900 Not available $27,290
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 1,890 Not available $31,260
Asheville, NC 1,880 Not available $20,020
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1,860 Not available $22,140
Fayetteville, NC 1,830 Not available $17,970
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 1,820 Not available $15,820
Lexington-Fayette, KY 1,820 Not available $25,490
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 1,820 Not available $21,100
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1,800 Not available $24,060
Spokane, WA 1,790 Not available $26,340
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 1,770 Not available $20,090
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 1,760 Not available $17,160
Binghamton, NY 1,740 Not available $19,650
Fort Wayne, IN 1,680 Not available $23,060
Eugene-Springfield, OR 1,670 Not available $26,130
Flint, MI 1,660 Not available $26,300
Greenville, SC 1,640 Not available $16,400
Topeka, KS 1,620 Not available $19,350
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 1,570 Not available $20,820
York-Hanover, PA 1,550 Not available $21,700
Yakima, WA 1,540 Not available $26,980
Toledo, OH 1,540 Not available $25,420
Corpus Christi, TX 1,530 Not available $18,510
Duluth, MN-WI 1,510 Not available $25,710
Macon, GA 1,490 Not available $16,480
Anchorage, AK 1,490 Not available $33,530
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 1,480 Not available $29,460
Wilmington, NC 1,470 Not available $19,970
Erie, PA 1,460 Not available $20,490
Laredo, TX 1,460 Not available $16,590
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 1,440 Not available $19,090
Montgomery, AL 1,440 Not available $16,280
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 1,430 Not available $19,760
Atlantic City, NJ 1,410 Not available $25,660
Boulder, CO 1,400 Not available $25,950
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 1,390 Not available $21,510
Roanoke, VA 1,380 Not available $19,830
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 1,380 Not available $24,710
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1,380 Not available $16,160
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 1,370 Not available $21,300
Merced, CA 1,350 Not available $30,150
Barnstable Town, MA 1,330 Not available $26,160
Waterbury, CT 1,320 Not available $28,730
Olympia, WA 1,320 Not available $26,570
El Centro, CA 1,320 Not available $27,100
Tallahassee, FL 1,280 Not available $25,280
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 1,280 Not available $16,580
Salinas, CA 1,270 Not available $25,580
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 1,260 Not available $22,560
State College, PA 1,250 Not available $35,680
Boise City-Nampa, ID 1,240 Not available $20,950
Redding, CA 1,230 Not available $24,870
Kingston, NY 1,220 Not available $23,080
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 1,220 Not available $27,590
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 1,210 Not available $17,710
Mobile, AL 1,190 Not available $18,300
Cedar Rapids, IA 1,190 Not available $24,250
St. Cloud, MN 1,160 Not available $26,130
Huntsville, AL 1,160 Not available $17,960
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 1,160 Not available $16,330
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1,150 Not available $27,310
Manchester, NH 1,150 Not available $24,640
Las Cruces, NM 1,140 Not available $21,650
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 1,130 Not available $26,840
Fargo, ND-MN 1,110 Not available $26,290
Spartanburg, SC 1,110 Not available $17,630
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 1,100 Not available $28,000
Athens-Clarke County, GA 1,090 Not available $18,420
Amarillo, TX 1,090 Not available $17,310
Rochester, MN 1,070 Not available $25,340
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 1,070 Not available $28,350
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 1,060 Not available $25,060
Charlottesville, VA 1,050 Not available $22,720
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 1,050 Not available $23,220
Peoria, IL 1,040 Not available $21,360
Springfield, IL 1,030 Not available $20,670
Columbus, GA-AL 1,010 Not available $15,760
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 990 Not available $23,190
Lubbock, TX 980 Not available $15,490
Chico, CA 980 Not available $25,520
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 970 Not available $24,070
Logan, UT-ID 970 Not available $22,850
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 960 Not available $22,140
Green Bay, WI 960 Not available $25,910
Longview, TX 960 Not available $17,190
Waco, TX 950 Not available $18,720
Lincoln, NE 940 Not available $22,710
Springfield, MO 920 Not available $20,430
Johnson City, TN 920 Not available $15,950
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 910 Not available $20,950
Rockford, IL 910 Not available $20,370
Dalton, GA 910 Not available $16,610
Santa Fe, NM 910 Not available $19,600
Florence, SC 900 Not available $17,550
Lake Charles, LA 900 Not available $15,450
Sioux Falls, SD 900 Not available $22,700
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 900 Not available $22,950
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 890 Not available $22,990
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 890 Not available $19,740
Bellingham, WA 890 Not available $27,640
Medford, OR 890 Not available $24,380
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 890 Not available $21,140
Glens Falls, NY 880 Not available $19,980
Lafayette, LA 860 Not available $16,870
Canton-Massillon, OH 850 Not available $23,630
Danbury, CT 850 Not available $25,750
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 840 Not available $27,330
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 840 Not available $26,170
Lynchburg, VA 830 Not available $16,720
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 830 Not available $20,160
Greenville, NC 810 Not available $20,990
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 790 Not available $25,170
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 780 Not available $28,060
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 770 Not available $26,450
Lawrence, KS 770 Not available $22,140
Columbia, MO 770 Not available $18,600
Pascagoula, MS 770 Not available $16,230
Charleston, WV 770 Not available $23,380
Greeley, CO 760 Not available $21,080
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 760 Not available $26,850
Albany, GA 760 Not available Not available
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 760 Not available $25,150
Goldsboro, NC 750 Not available $18,760
Evansville, IN-KY 750 Not available $21,020
Lafayette, IN 750 Not available $20,650
Morristown, TN 740 Not available $16,470
Altoona, PA 740 Not available $17,940
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 730 Not available $17,090
Rocky Mount, NC 730 Not available $19,510
Fort Smith, AR-OK 720 Not available $17,740
Bangor, ME 720 Not available $26,870
Jacksonville, NC 720 Not available Not available
Monroe, LA 710 Not available $15,700
Alexandria, LA 700 Not available $14,980
Reno-Sparks, NV 700 Not available $26,210
Joplin, MO 690 Not available $18,820
Champaign-Urbana, IL 690 Not available $21,750
Clarksville, TN-KY 690 Not available $22,930
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 690 Not available $15,860
Bend, OR 690 Not available $25,270
Janesville, WI 680 Not available $22,550
Dubuque, IA 660 Not available $21,860
Racine, WI 660 Not available $22,570
Salisbury, MD 660 Not available $18,970
Yuma, AZ 660 Not available $20,780
Rapid City, SD 660 Not available $23,100
College Station-Bryan, TX 650 Not available $18,240
Yuba City, CA 650 Not available $28,530
Bloomington-Normal, IL 640 Not available $20,930
Terre Haute, IN 640 Not available $20,350
Bowling Green, KY 640 Not available $19,910
Valdosta, GA 640 Not available $16,090
Ithaca, NY 640 Not available $22,670
Danville, VA 630 Not available $19,000
Abilene, TX 630 Not available $18,570
Tyler, TX 630 Not available $16,760
Idaho Falls, ID 620 Not available $21,320
Brunswick, GA 610 Not available $16,920
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 610 Not available $20,200
Wenatchee, WA 610 Not available $26,690
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 600 Not available $17,270
Monroe, MI 600 Not available $20,040
Billings, MT 600 Not available $19,350
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 590 Not available $26,740
Elmira, NY 590 Not available $19,840
Kokomo, IN 590 Not available $19,890
Grand Forks, ND-MN 590 Not available $25,440
Winchester, VA-WV 590 Not available $20,680
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 580 Not available $22,840
Farmington, NM 580 Not available $17,800
Flagstaff, AZ 580 Not available $20,360
Bloomington, IN 580 Not available $20,220
Prescott, AZ 580 Not available $21,880
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 580 Not available $26,730
Gainesville, GA 580 Not available $18,950
Jackson, MI 570 Not available $22,220
Eau Claire, WI 570 Not available $24,120
Wichita Falls, TX 560 Not available $16,120
Bismarck, ND 560 Not available $27,950
New Bedford, MA 550 Not available $22,570
Coeur d'Alene, ID 550 Not available $22,190
Jackson, TN 550 Not available $15,520
Tuscaloosa, AL 540 Not available $15,530
Elizabethtown, KY 530 Not available $23,420
Hattiesburg, MS 520 Not available $16,070
Owensboro, KY 520 Not available $23,130
Portsmouth, NH-ME 520 Not available $27,790
Victoria, TX 510 Not available $15,610
Pittsfield, MA 510 Not available $23,030
Longview, WA 510 Not available $27,530
Warner Robins, GA 510 Not available $16,970
Sheboygan, WI 510 Not available $25,290
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 500 Not available $17,740
Naples-Marco Island, FL 490 Not available $21,900
Missoula, MT 470 Not available $18,000
Battle Creek, MI 470 Not available $22,030
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 460 Not available $24,850
La Crosse, WI-MN 460 Not available $24,150
Napa, CA 450 Not available $28,590
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 440 Not available $23,260
Cleveland, TN 440 Not available $17,330
Appleton, WI 440 Not available $24,880
Burlington, NC 440 Not available $18,330
Lawton, OK 440 Not available $17,730
Sherman-Denison, TX 430 Not available $16,080
Johnstown, PA 430 Not available $20,960
Iowa City, IA 430 Not available $20,180
Columbus, IN 420 Not available $20,190
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 420 Not available $21,650
Williamsport, PA 410 Not available $18,880
Pine Bluff, AR 410 Not available $17,200
St. George, UT 410 Not available $20,740
Anderson, SC 410 Not available $17,090
Cheyenne, WY 410 Not available $23,570
Anderson, IN 410 Not available $20,660
Lebanon, PA 390 Not available $20,660
Wausau, WI 370 Not available $23,970
Jefferson City, MO 370 Not available $19,580
Anniston-Oxford, AL 360 Not available $16,150
Corvallis, OR 360 Not available $26,770
Pocatello, ID 350 Not available $23,380
Sumter, SC 350 Not available $17,200
Dover, DE 350 Not available $34,370
Rome, GA 350 Not available $17,220
Pueblo, CO 350 Not available $27,520
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 350 Not available $23,050
Decatur, AL 350 Not available $19,330
St. Joseph, MO-KS 350 Not available $19,730
San Angelo, TX 340 Not available $17,550
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 340 Not available $17,030
Ocean City, NJ 330 Not available $23,220
Jonesboro, AR 320 Not available $17,050
Lewiston, ID-WA 320 Not available $25,530
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 310 Not available $19,860
Wheeling, WV-OH 300 Not available $21,460
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 290 Not available $19,260
Ames, IA 290 Not available $21,310
Mansfield, OH 280 Not available $23,300
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 280 Not available $19,250
Auburn-Opelika, AL 270 Not available $17,040
Bay City, MI 270 Not available $22,530
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 260 Not available $26,970
Muncie, IN 260 Not available $22,420
Dothan, AL 260 Not available $17,800
Sandusky, OH 260 Not available $22,690
Danville, IL 250 Not available $21,730
Midland, TX 240 Not available $16,460
Hot Springs, AR 240 Not available $16,860
Decatur, IL 210 Not available $17,980
Morgantown, WV 200 Not available $21,530
Great Falls, MT 180 Not available $18,160
Gadsden, AL 180 Not available $17,180
Cumberland, MD-WV 170 Not available $27,030
Ponce, PR 160 Not available $17,690
Springfield, OH 150 Not available $22,100
Guayama, PR 120 Not available $14,890
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 100 Not available $14,030
Harrisonburg, VA Not available Not available $21,190
Fond du Lac, WI Not available Not available $23,020
Madera, CA Not available Not available $28,360
Lima, OH Not available Not available $18,080
Gainesville, FL Not available Not available $21,260
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